US embassy cable - 05PANAMA955

UNCLAS PANAMA 000955 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/CEN TOM PIERCE, WHA/PPC CLARK LYNN, DRL 
JEANETTE DAVIS AND INR JENNA BEN-YEHUDA 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM, MASS, PREL, PM, POL OMS 
SUBJECT: REQUEST LEAHY AMENDMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING 
 
1.  (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As required by the Departments of 
State and Defense Leahy Amendments, Embassy requests that 
Washington conduct soonest the required human rights review 
of the below listed Panamanian Public Force person(s) and/or 
unit(s) and that State Department transmit the results to 
Embassy and U.S. Southern Command. 
 
National Police (PNP), East Metropolitan Zone, Daniel Samuel 
Lopez, 27 December 1964, 8-237-87. 
 
National Police (PNP), Arraijan Police Zone, Guillermo 
Antonio Valdez Zamora, 11 November 1965, 8-243-409. 
 
National Police (PNP), Riverine Unit (Unidad de Mantenimiento 
y Operaciones Fluviales (UMOF)), Cristian Enrique Hayer 
Alvarado, 15 November 1964, 8-232-779. 
 
National Police (PNP), Director's Chief of Security (Jefe de 
la Escolta del Director), Javier Anibal Castillo Morales, 25 
April 1963, 8-226-2415. 
 
National Police (PNP), Darien Kuna Yala (DARKUN), Victor 
Alexis Olmedo Vernanza, 28 July 1966, 8-266-97. 
 
National Police (PNP), Center of Superior Education, Training 
Directorate (Centro de Ensenanza Superior, Direccion 
Docencia), Eliseo Aguirre Quintero, 24 October 1965, 
8-243-394. 
 
National Police (PNP), Director of Human Resources (Director 
de Recursos Humanos), Demostenes Alberto Batista Samudio, 30 
April 1965, 4-148-379. 
 
National Police (PNP), Chief of Riot Control Unit (Jefe de la 
Unidad de Control de Multitudes), Frank Alexis Abrego, 16 
January 1963, 8-236-1213. 
 
National Police (PNP), Chief of Chiriqui Police Zone (Jefe de 
la Zona de Polica de Chirqui), Luciano Franco Gomez, 26 June 
1962, 4-138-2170. 
 
National Police (PNP), Planning Directorate (Direccion de 
Planeamiento), Diana Elisa Aponte de Munoz, 31 March 1961, 
8-227-220. 
 
National Police (PNP), Chief of Metropolitan Police Zone 
(Jefe de la Zona de Policia Metropolitana), Roberto Antonio 
Joudry Montero, 18 January 1962, 8-260-1214. 
 
National Police (PNP), Chief of Colon Police Zone (Jefe de la 
Zona de Policia de Colon), Humberto Brid Bocanegra, 6 October 
1963, 8-260-1014. 
 
National Police (PNP), Directorate of Transit Operations 
(Direccion de Operaciones de Transito), Berado Garcia Pitti, 
24 December 1961, 8-225-1608. 
 
National Air Service (SAN), Intelligence, Luis Eduardo Ruiz 
Estribi, 17 December 1965, 8-305-05. 
 
National Air Service (SAN), Pilot, Hever Antonio Guerra 
Martinez, 2 March 1965, PE-10-255. 
 
National Air Service (SAN), Helicopter Squadron, Bolivar 
Heberto Pena Rodriguez, 25 September 1976, 4-702-157. 
 
Institutional Protective Service (SPI), Presidential Guard, 
Mario Ramos Ocana, 28 June 1958, 6-50-716. 
 
2.  (U) Embassy is currently conducting its own review and 
has thus far found no credible information that the 
aforementioned person(s)/unit(s) has been involved in gross 
human rights violations.  Embassy thanks the Department in 
advance for its timely consideration of the response to this 
matter. 
 
MCMULLEN